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SNOW!!!
Oh what a shame....I was supposed to be in school today for an INSET...hey ho! lol
But my poor mum n dad are stranded at Manchester ariport til at least 12...they've been there since 5.30 and had a horrible journey to get there.
But my poor mum n dad are stranded at Manchester ariport til at least 12...they've been there since 5.30 and had a horrible journey to get there.
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Hope your granny grippers are still ok Ali!! x
I had to keep Fee off school today as it started snowing and Dave phoned me to say not to even attempt to drive out of the village as the roads hadn't been gritted and cars were just spinning out at the top of the hill. He was worried that even if I did get her to school I might not be able to pick her up again! I feel really pathetic as its not even that much snow but its the ice underneath it that seems to be the problem... didn't feel quite as bad when I realised my neighbours with the landrover didn't go in either!
Liz it is a bit unlikely they would close his school isn't it... I mean it would be shut ALOT wouldn't it?! )
xx
So all in I had been out of the house 4 hours and got NOWHERE. It is still snowing now and evne if my school is open tomorrow if our road is covered int he mornign I AM NOT GOING OUT - in my condition I should not be risking it and I will never get max down to his nursery anyway!
ok rant over!
ps bless the lovely teacher that rang you to say not to go in - very nice!
[Modified by: julesy on January 06, 2010 09:43 PM]
Having a big bag of salt iand a small shovel in the car is a good idea too, if you get stuck you can at least clear the road in front of the tyres.
Otherwise make sure you are driving in a low gear (almost stalling) when you start to get stuck, if the car has nothing to grip on high revs won't help.
It was minus 23 here this morning! x
we have had about half an inch today and thats been the only snow - we never get it here really and its all gone again already.
My friend Janita is Norwegian and said its been about -22 i feel quite envious - it used to get to those temperatures in Romania and it never felt as bitter and damp and horrible as it does here in Blighty and it never reaches anywhere near those temperatures! Why is that? its just daft!
Was in low gear I promise and did have a shovel but there wasn't really enough to shovel!
hummmed and arrrhhheedd about whether to try and get to work today (hubbies school still closed and no way max was getting to nursery) but EVENTUALLY I decided not to even though lots of others were going down the hill. I was chewed to bits just thinking about it. We have since walked downt he hill to get the post from the sorting office and there are 15 cars abandoned at the bottom that can't get back up (there were 3 yesterday) and hubbie had to help one woman who had spun off on the way DOWN the hill into a snow bank at the side of the road so I was VERY pleased with my choice!
WEnt on for INSET on Mon in exchange for having yesterday off (LO Birthday) but then a snow day - boo! But the good news is today is a snow day too! Don't htink it will be toim though. DD1 due to start back at Secondary School today but they are shut til MOn now.
Winter tyres are better in the wet as well as snow etc so they would be a better tyre to have on in the UK from around November to Feb. Hubby and I have both said if we ever move back to the UK we will def have some for whatever car we drive. Over here we have to put them on by law from October until April.
I know what you mean Jules, sometimes the UK can feel a lot colder than over here because it always seems so damp. Hubby said when he got to work yesterday morning it was -28 and his hand stuck to the car when he shut the door!!! Apparantly if it gets to -30 they close the schools over here!!
We have deer and Moose coming pretty close to the house searching for food at night, we have caught a few glimpses of them and you can also see their footprints in the snow the next morning. They keep coming into our orchard and our neighbours orchard to see if they can find anything under the snow!!
Stay safe in the snow and ice everyone! x
Liz it all sounds so lovely out there - hope you've taken plenty of pics! We have 3 cars altogether and there is no way we could afford to put winter tyres on them all even if we could get hold of them
It was -12 here last night, supposed to be colder tonight. Think this is the coldest its been since I can remember or care! lol
Hubby's school shut again tom, think mine's open so charlie will be in but i'm not busting a gut to get him in for 9am!
he's had to take a shovel with him to be able to get in and out of the carpark where we live ha ha
I hate to think what it's like for all of you in the rest of the country as although its cold and snowy I'm pretty sure it's better here than a lot of places. We still have a couple of inches of snow on the ground outside the house and it looks beautiful across the moors - took some lovely pics as the sun was going down last night - but I'm getting a bit bored of staying in and I'm missing Tristan!
Keep warm ... and all you heavily pregnant ladies - keep your legs crossed for a while!! xx